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Steven N.'s avatar

"You cannot take any people, of any color, and exempt them from the requirements of civilization -- including work, behavioral standards, personal responsibility and all the other basic things that the clever intelligentsia disdain -- without ruinous consequences to them and to society at large." - Thomas Sowell

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TxFrog's avatar

Brilliant. Trust Sowell to make the essential point in a single sentence.

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Brigattista's avatar

"The requirements of civilization." Yes. The irreplaceable Thomas Sowell. Thank you for reminding us.

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Steven N.'s avatar

When I was younger (20тАЩs) I found him hard, unfeeling andтАж. Wrong. I look back now on those talks he did in front of congress and realize how uplifting, cognizant and correct he was at the time.

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